Access to care for patients with time-sensitive conditions in Pennsylvania

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 572-579

  Salhi, Rama A ^a   Edwards, J Matthew ^a   Gaieski, David F ^a   Band, Roger A ^a   Abella, Benjamin S ^a   Carr, Brendan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARE BUNDLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PENNSYLVANIA; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898834541     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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